This is an analysis of the poem Hvad Est Du Dog Skiøn, Ja Skiøn that begins with:
Hvad est du dog skiøn, ja skiøn,
Ja skiøn, du allerlifligste Guds Søn!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXX aaXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101111 110100011 011001001111 111111110101 11001111 111111011 11111111 110111011 1110010 10101111 11111111 1111010111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ja, n, du, ski, min, vist, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ja is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines n is repeated).
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